Wedge Networks Inc.

Professional excellence and innvation showcases on demand connectivity, CE 2.0 Lifecycle Service Orchestration using APIs and more

More than 1,100 attendees representing 350+ companies from 36 countries and world-class Carrier Ethernet, Service Orchestration, SDN, NFV, optical and cloud service expert speakers assembled in Washington DC this week at GEN14 (GEN14.com).  The message was clear that the world is ready to embrace the MEF’s vision of the Third Network – the industry is working in collaboration building upon the strengths of both and the Internet and CE 2.0 to define Lifecycle Service Orchestration and develop NFV and SDN implementations enabling Agile, Assured and Orchestrated Network as a Service.

“Security is a key indicator of a high quality network service as promised by the Third Network and Wedge is committed to promoting Security as a Service as a key contribution to the MEF’s vision. Wedge’s technology is high performance, software defined, that can seamlessly embed security within the network and orchestrate a personalized service across multiple network segments with built-in automated security functions.” Dr. Hongwen Zhang, CEO of Wedge Networks.

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November 20, 2014 – R. Scott Raynovich, The Rayno Report

Excerpt:

“Wedge has a unique business model. Rather than being sold as a separate security appliance or even software package, Wedge works with service providers to set up a security cloud service, and then takes a cut of the revenue that the operator generates from selling cloud security services. The target customer is Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs), who don’t want to hassle with installing their own security software or services.

Wedge does this by running the security services as Network Function Virtualization (NFV) on standard server hardware, hosted on a service provider’s networks. By running as a cloud service, the customers can order anti-malware, anti-spam, parental control, and other services controllers by calling the service provider, which can instantly provision the service.”

For the full article, please visit raynoreport.com.

Wedge’s Cloud Network Defense™ Makes Security as a Network Service Attainable

November 19, 2014, Washington, DC: Cloud Network Defense™(CND), launched today by network security specialist Wedge Networks, is a radical new means to deliver high levels of cyber security – on demand and closely tailored to business or individual security needs. CND presents an exciting opportunity for service providers to grow their portfolio and generate sustainable added revenue.

“Cloud Network Defense will transform the way security is delivered” says Dr Hongwen Zhang, president and CEO of Wedge Networks. “It is a cloud based software platform leveraging SDN and NFV technology to perform what we call Elastic Security Services Orchestration™. Our software makes it easy for service providers to offer embedded security as a scalable, high performance service for cloud connected networks. Web, email and mobile security policy can now be unified and optimized across all network traffic and all devices, anytime, anywhere”.

Cloud Network Defense™ is a radical departure from current security technologies that rely on proprietary hardware or require security providers to direct traffic to third party infrastructure for inspection – causing delays and adding latency. CND integrates Deep Content Inspection (DCI) and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) with advanced software to direct and load-balance computing resources – including spawning off and ‘shrinking’ instances, which normally executes in hardware. The result is comprehensive, scalable and customizable real time security – without requiring traffic to leave the network. The Wedge approach takes advantage of cloud computing architecture that offers scalability, elasticity (dynamic reallocation per demand), ubiquitous availability, and high capacity for the cloud centric networks of today and into the future.

“Imagine being able to phone your service provider call center and ask for whatever security services you might need – anti-malware, anti-spam, parental control, whatever” adds Steve Chappell EVP Sales & Marketing & COO. “The call center enables the service on the spot, and the fee appears on your next bill. It’s a terrific service for business or the individual user, and an exceptional opportunity for the provider to increase revenue and enhance customer loyalty.”

Wedge, as security experts for the MEF, sees Cloud Network Defense™ as a significant milestone on the path towards the forum’s Third Network vision of agile, assured and orchestrated services. Agility means that security measures must be rapidly and easily provisioned – the more painful the provision the greater risk of security being sidelined. Assurance will mean that once one has signed up for a certain level and type of security, that same service should be provided whenever and wherever the user connects. Orchestration of the security policy and implementation will ultimately ensure that this service and its management remains consistent across any number of intervening network segments.

According to ANALYST: “The cost of acquiring each new customer is way over the cost of retaining an existing one – churn cuts profits as well as the referral benefits of continuing service customers. Frustrated customers just shop for the cheapest service, but would they want to quit a good service that has consistently delivered guaranteed and appropriate levels of spam reduction and malware protection without extra effort? Wedge’s latest offering should catch on really fast with today’s providers”.

About Wedge Networks™

Wedge Networks™ is transforming the way security is delivered. Powered by the innovative WedgeOS™, Wedge Networks’ Cloud Network Defense™ platform is designed to combat the shifting threat landscape associated with cloud, mobility, Internet of Things and consumerization of IT. By embedding security within the network as an elastic, scalable service, it is the only cloud security solution to perform high-performance content inspection without requiring traffic to leave the network. The Wedge Platform™ is deployed globally, delivering security protection for tens of millions of users in Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, internet services providers, and across all industry verticals. Wedge NetworksTM is headquartered in Calgary, Canada and has international offices in Dallas, USA; Beijing, China; and Manama, Bahrain.

Contacts:

Steve Chappell
Wedge Networks
+1 817 675 0844
steve.chappell@wedgenetworks.com
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Zonic Group
Hannah Whitrow
+ 44 7760806070
hwhitrow@zonicgroup.com

Wedge Networks is unveiling its newest breakthrough product – Cloud Network Defense™ at this year’s MEF GEN14 Conference in Washington, DC.  This technology takes the power of the WedgeOS™ and extends it into the cloud to deliver security as a high performance, embedded network service.  GEN14 is a premier event put on by the MEF (MetroEthernet Forum), an industry-shaping organization that is helping to define the future of global networking.  If you plan on being at GEN14, please visit the Wedge team at Booth#317 to watch demonstrations of Cloud Network Defense™ in action and to see how it can benefit you.

“Network vendor Juniper Networks and Wedge Networks, a cloud-based security services company, will test a network function virtualisation use case for cloud sercurity (NFV-S). The proof-of-concept demonstration is part of the Open Cloud Project – a new industry initiative announced this week by the CloudEthernet Forum (CEF) and the Metro Ethernet Forum.” For the full article, please visit ITWeb.

“Wedge Networks, for example, has introduced a hypervisor-based software solution called NFV-S (network function virtualization-security), which does very much what Casado had in mind, which is to provide a security layer outside the virtualised servers.” For the full article, visit Tech Week Europe.